VIA K8T800 vs. nForce3 Ultra

[Kruse]

In your opinion, which is better and why? Basically its a matter of which mobo I chose, either an Asus A8V Deluxe(r2.0) or a MSI Neo2 Plat.

Most people suggest going with nforce, but the MSI board is so hit or miss when it comes to quality.

 

[Kruse]

bump...anyone?

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

I think you should go VIA, there are a lot less problems reported from the ASUS board. The main things that made the nForce name were in the nForce2 and are all gone now (DASP, SoundStorm, Firewire, only chipset with AGP/PCI lock).

 

[Kruse]

bump

 

[orangat]

I don't recommend MSI because the company just got sued in June for bad motherboards. But Gigabyte is expensive.

Anandtech bnechmarks show NF3ultra is faster than K8T800PRO in DX9. It could have changed since then.

I checked and only Halo is faster with the nf3ultra in games, the rest were neck and neck.